US Mint Sales: First Spouse Gold Coins Surge, Two Sell Out

The latest round of US Mint sales figures reveals some interesting weekly results. First Spouse Gold Coins jumped, resulting in two new sell outs this week. 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Sets debuted, but at a slower pace. And in a milestone, the 2011 Silver Proof Sets rallied above 300,000.

The Uncirculated Jane Pierce First Spouse Gold Coin was one of the 24-karat gold coins to sell out this week.

2011 Silver Proof Sets surged 25,940. That was their best weekly showing since their six-day sales debut of 209,367 in January. The increase also places the silver sets at 325,200. Last year’s sets, which had their prices raised on Friday from $56.95 to $64.95, rose 2,026 to 557,407. Each of the Silver Proof Sets now has an intrinsic melt value of nearly $50 at the current silver spot price of $37.21 an ounce.

2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Sets were released March 17 for $14.95. As of Sunday, March 20, collectors purchased 53,944. This is 28.6 percent lower than last year’s sets which debuted at 75,558 during the same amount of days. The early January availability of the 2011 Proof Set may have hurt sales since it also includes the quarters. Last year’s America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set was launched nearly three months before the 2010 Proof Set, making the quarters sets more attractive for buyers not wanting to wait.

First Spouse Gold Coins rallied 968 as a group versus their previous weekly increase of 336. The following three uncirculated issues enjoyed the biggest gains:

Buchanan’s Liberty First Spouse Gold Coin, up 493

Jane Pierce First Spouse Gold Coin, up 186

Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coin, up 117

Buyers are now facing limited options with only four First Spouse Gold Coins available. Two more sold out this week. No longer available are the uncirculated Abigail Fillmore and uncirculated Jane Pierce. They were pulled from US Mint stores before reaching their published mintages.

The available 24-karat coins in the series now include:

Proof and uncirculated Mary Todd Lincoln First Spouse Gold Coins

Uncirculated Buchanan’s Liberty First Spouse Gold Coins

Proof Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coins

These and other US Mint numismatic coins may be purchased at http://catalog.usmint.gov/.

The following tables show the latest coin sales figures as reported by the US Mint:

US Mint Bullion Coin Sales

Prior Weekly Increase

Weekly Increase

2011 Totals*

American Buffalo Gold 1 oz

0

9,500

31,000

American Eagle Gold 1 oz

18,500

12,500

247,500

American Eagle Gold 1/2 oz

0

0

17,000

American Eagle Gold 1/4 oz

0

10,000

38,000

American Eagle Gold 1/10 oz

20,000

5,000

150,000

American Eagle Silver 1 oz

748,500

652,500

11,731,500

Hot Springs National Park Silver

0

0

33,000 / Sold Out

Yellowstone National Park Silver

0

0

33,000 / Sold Out

Yosemite National Park Silver

0

0

33,000 / Sold Out

Grand Canyon National Park Silver

0

0

33,000 / Sold Out

Mount Hood National Park Silver

0

0

33,000 / Sold Out

*The as of date for the American Eagle bullion products is March 22, 2011. 53,000 of the 2010-dated 1 oz Gold Eagles remained for sell this year, and buyers must order one of them for every four of a newly dated issue. The sales figures also include 469,500 of the 2010-dated Silver Eagle coins sold in January.

US Mint Collector Coin Sales

American Proof Silver Eagles

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Mintage

1 ounce

860,000

860,000

0

0%

Sold Out

American Eagle Gold Proof Coins

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Notes

1 oz

25,000

25,000

0

0.00%

Sold Out

1/2 oz

10,000

10,000

0

0.00%

Sold Out

1/4 oz

10,000

10,000

0

0.00%

Sold Out

1/10 oz

20,000

20,000

0

0.00%

Sold Out

4-Coin Set

35,000

35,000

0

0.00%

Sold Out

American Buffalo Gold Proof Coin

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

1 ounce

46,726

46,917

191

0.41%

2011 Army Commemorative Coins

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Mintage

$5 Gold Proof

13,621

13,821

200

1.47%

19,157of
100,000

$5 Gold Uncirculated

5,239

5,336

97

1.85%

Silver Dollar Proof

87,712

89,781

2,069

2.36%

125,492of
500,000

Silver Dollar Uncirculated

35,053

35,711

658

1.88%

50c Clad Proof

53,345

54,263

918

1.72%

86,180of
750,000

50c Clad Uncirculated

31,835

32,432

597

1.88%

2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coins

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Mintage

$5 Gold Proof

9,202

9,958

756

8.22%

13,820of
100,000

$5 Gold Uncirculated

3,556

3,862

306

8.61%

Silver Dollar Proof

56,134

61,906

5,772

10.28%

88,153of
500,000

Silver Dollar Uncirculated

23,262

26,247

2,985

12.83%

First Spouse Gold Coins

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Mintage

Fillmore Proof (2010)

5,790

5,874

84

1.45%

9,537of15,000

Fillmore Uncirculated (2010)

3,546

3,663

117

3.30%

Jane Pierce Proof (2010)

4,843

4,843

NLA

0.00%

8,334of15,000

Jane Pierce Uncirculated (2010)

3,305

3,491

186

5.63%

Buchanan’s Liberty Proof (2010)

7,304

7,304

NLA

0.00%

12,883of15,000

Buchanan’s Liberty Uncirculated (2010)

5,086

5,579

493

9.69%

Mary Todd Lincoln Proof (2010)

5,552

5,639

87

1.57%

8,348of
20,000

Mary Todd Lincoln Uncirculated (2010)

2,708

2,709

1

0.04%

United States Mint Proof Sets

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Notes

2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set

53,944

53,944

100%

2011 Presidential $1 Proof Set

180,147

184,249

4,102

2.28%

2011 Silver Proof Set

299,260

325,200

25,940

8.67%

2011 Proof Set

589,498

611,079

21,581

3.66%

2010 Proof Set

1,073,898

1,075,549

1,651

0.15%

2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set

262,163

262,745

582

0.22%

2010 Silver Proof Set

555,381

557,407

2,026

0.36%

2010 Presidential $1 Proof Set

522,489

522,806

317

0.06%

2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set

244,337

244,955

618

0.25%

US Mint Uncirculated Sets

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Notes

2011 US Mint Uncirculated Set

260,513

268,711

8,198

3.15%

2010 US Mint Uncirculated Set

565,232

565,936

704

0.12%

2010 Presidential Uncirculated Set

94,482

94,654

172

0.18%

Presidential Coins & First Spouse Medal Sets

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Notes

Abigail Fillmore

9,304

9,336

32

0.34%

Jane Pierce

7,177

7,177

0

0.00%

Buchanan’s Liberty

6,483

6,483

0

0.00%

Mary Todd Lincoln

11,371

11,461

90

0.79%

Presidential $1 Coin Covers

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

William Henry Harrison

29,281

29,300

19

0.06%

John Tyler

26,062

26,080

18

0.07%

James K. Polk

24,281

24,301

20

0.08%

Zachary Taylor

23,227

23,247

20

0.09%

Millard Fillmore

22,133

22,150

17

0.08%

Franklin Pierce

20,459

20,479

20

0.10%

James Buchanan

18,968

18,994

26

0.14%

Abraham Lincoln

28,961

29,117

156

0.54%

Andrew Johnson $1 Coin Rolls

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

25-coin roll set (P)

26,068

26,676

608

2.33%

52,497

25-coin roll set (D)

25,295

25,821

526

2.08%

Abraham Lincoln $1 Coin Rolls

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

25-coin roll set (P)

47,663

47,851

188

0.39%

95,286

25-coin roll set (D)

47,274

47,435

161

0.34%

Millard Fillmore $1 Coin Rolls

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

25-coin roll set (P)

38,409

38,409

0

0.00%

75,043

25-coin roll set (D)

36,634

36,634

0

0.00%

Franklin Pierce $1 Coin Rolls

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

25-coin roll set (P)

35,327

35,372

45

0.13%

70,044

25-coin roll set (D)

34,630

34,672

42

0.12%

James Buchanan $1 Coin Rolls

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

25-coin roll set (P)

33,545

33,597

52

0.16%

66,657

25-coin roll set (D)

33,022

33,060

38

0.12%

Native American Dollar Rolls

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

25-coin roll set (P)

38,038

39,138

1,100

2.89%

77,956

25-coin roll set (D)

38,727

38,818

91

0.23%

Kennedy Half Dollar Rolls

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

2011-dated 200-coin bag (P&D)

2,938

3,154

216

7.35%

2011-dated 2-roll set (P&D)

13,042

13,531

489

3.75%

2010-dated 200-coin bag (P&D)

8,844

8,879

35

0.40%

2010-dated 2-roll set (P&D)

36,201

36,231

30

0.08%

2010 Quarters Uncirculated Coin Set

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

23,952

24,136

184

0.77%

2010 Quarters Circulating Coin Set

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

15,299

15,440

141

0.92%

2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Sets™

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Yosemite

12,836

13,467

631

4.92%

Yellowstone

16,427

16,625

198

1.21%

Hot Springs

16,741

16,937

196

1.17%

Gettysburg National Forest Quarters

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

100-Coin Bag (P)

4,076

4,123

47

1.15%

8,087

100-Coin Bag (D)

3,925

3,964

39

0.99%

Two-Roll Set

26,770

27,141

371

1.39%

27,141

Mount Hood National Forest Quarters

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

100-Coin Bag (P)

5,834

8,871

3,037

52.06%

17,063

100-Coin Bag (D)

5,597

8,192

2,595

46.36%

Two-Roll Set

31,831

49,112

17,281

54.29%

49,112

Grand Canyon National Park Quarters

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

100-Coin Bag (P)

6,414

6,424

10

0.16%

13,179

100-Coin Bag (D)

6,749

6,755

6

0.09%

Two-Roll Set

33,775

33,849

74

0.22%

33,849

Yosemite National Park Quarters

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

100-Coin Bag (P)

6,988

6,997

9

0.13%

14,029

100-Coin Bag (D)

7,023

7,032

9

0.13%

Two-Roll Set

36,403

36,474

71

0.20%

36,474

Yellowstone National Park Quarters

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

100-Coin Bag (P)

8,168

8,176

8

0.10%

16,835

100-Coin Bag (D)

8,648

8,659

11

0.13%

Two-Roll Set

41,550

41,611

61

0.15%

41,611

Hot Springs National Park Quarters

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Total

100-Coin Bag (P)

9,608

9,624

16

0.17%

18,580

100-Coin Bag (D)

8,945

8,956

11

0.12%

Two-Roll Set

46,551

46,603

52

0.11%

46,603

Lincoln Cents

Old
Sales

Latest
Sales

Gain/
Loss

%
Increase

Notes

2010 Lincoln Shield Cent

173,689

173,990

301

0.17%

*NLA – No Longer Available.

The collector coin sales figures above have an "as of date" of March 20, 2011.

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The US Mint provides CoinNews.netweekly sales figures for its collector coin products. It is these reports that are used as the source for our articles on the subject. The bureau on its website also publishes updated bullion coin sales every weekday. These US Mint sales are presented in our daily gold articles.